08:02โขTzafit Creek Disaster Leaders Get Seven Years
โจThe newspapers extensively report on the sentencing of Yuval Kahan and Aviv Bardichev, leaders of the "Bnei Zion" pre-military academy, to seven years in prison for negligent homicide in the 2018 Tzafit Creek disaster that killed ten students (Davar, Haaretz, Kan, Maariv, Makor Rishon, Kipa, 13tv, Ynet). The judge noted they took "unreasonable risk," while victims' families criticized the sentence as insufficient. Simultaneously, Finance Minister Smotrich stirred controversy by stating he would take a "coffee break" when Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar speaks at the Security Cabinet meeting (INN, Maariv). Meanwhile, Israeli delegations are in Cairo for hostage deal talks, with mediators proposing a multi-year truce agreement (Times, kikar).